Netflix did it with movies. Spotify did it with music. And now a New York start-up hopes to do the same with ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple must pay for an independent antitrust monitor as part of a permanent injunction handed down on Friday by a federal court in New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A US judge imposes restrictions on the agreements technology giant Apple, after a court ruled it conspired with five publishers to control ebook prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online writing platform Wattpad and independent publisher Sourcebooks are forming a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new program, which is scheduled to launch in October, would let Amazon users buy a discounted ebook for qualifying titles if they bought the print version as well. But many publishers have yet to come aboard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children’s Books is releasing Dr. Seuss' bestselling oeuvre as ebooks for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now when you buy a print book from Amazon, you might be able to get a cheap ebook version of the same title. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is to offer US shoppers the ability to obtain digital copies of previously purchased printed books for free or at a discount. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's yet another step in Amazon's merging of the physical and digital worlds—and another ploy for platform lock-in. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comedian and writer Charlie Higson is confirmed as the latest name to pen a short story celebrating the BBC sci-fi series. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has unveiled a new US initiative to bundle print and ebooks, called Kindle MatchBook.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Amazon launched AutoRip, we looked at our bookshelves and wished that us readers would get something similar. Fortunately, the company had the same idea, and is now announcing Kindle Matchbook. In short, if you've bought one of 10,000 selected titles from Amazon, you'll be entitled to snag... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The direct results of the ebook price fixing scandal between Apple and the five major U.S. book publishers are one-step closer to turning into real money for millions of Amazon customers. The online retailer recently began sending out e-mail notifications to Kindle ebook buyers telling... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A German privacy regulator is astonished that Facebook has added facial recognition to a proposed new privacy policy it published on Thursday. "It is astonishing to find the facial recognition again in the new proposed privacy policy that Facebook published yesterday. We therefore have directly... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smashwords, a self-publishing platform and indie ebook distributor, has launched a series of new features to aid authors and publishers in distribution and marketing of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech firm Giphy this morning tweeted that it had launched a Facebook GIFs product, and the digerati immediately buzzed with interest. Within a couple of hours, The Gap posted one of the first branded GIFs on the hugely popular social media platform and a handful of other brands are readying... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Both readers and writers in Mexico have a reason to rejoice today, as Amazon has just launched the Kindle Store and Kindle Direct Publishing in their country. The ebookstore will feature over 70,000 Spanish-language titles, as well as ebooks in indigenous tongues like Nahuatl. To help fill up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple may escape some of the penalties sought by the government in the ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The federal judge who last month found Apple Inc. liable for fixing ebook prices said she plans to limit the remedies sought by the U.S. to ensure they "rest as lightly as possible" on the way the company does business.U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan Tuesday said she intends to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book accessibility for readers with sight loss has increased by nearly 40% in the last two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]